PINK AND ROSE-COLORED FLOWERS 



I. LEAVES OPPOSITE. 

 1. Leaves opposite, stems hairy or downy, corolla 2-lipped. 



Basil {Calamintha CUnopodhim). Mint family. 



Max. ht. 2 ft.; flowers small in small close leafy 

 clusters; corolla' 2-lipped, upper lip with or with- 

 out notches, lower notched; leaves small, narrowly 

 oval, practically without teeth. Open ground and 

 at edge of woods. Summer. 



Hemp Nettle {Galeopsis Tetrahit). Mint family. 



Max. ht. 3 ft.; with spreading branches, stem 

 enlarged at the joints; flowers small in axillary 

 whorls, calyx bell-shaped w'ith 5 teeth; corolla 

 2-lipped, lower hp notched; leaves egg-shaped, 

 pointed, coarsely toothed. Waste places. Common. 

 Late summer. 



Fig. 56. 



Hemp nettle (.Galeopsis Tetrahit). 



2. Leaves opposite, stem hairy or downy, not with 2-lipped 

 corolla, flowers in umbel. 



Milkweed {Asclepias Cornuti). Milkweed family. 



Max. ht. 5 ft.; stout stem finely hairy, juice milky; 

 flowers in terminal or lateral clusters; calyx and 

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